LEONARD v. S.W. BELL CORP. DISAB. INCOME

No. 4:00CV00923ERW.

221 F.Supp.2d 1010 (2002)

Marion LEONARD, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORPORATION DISABILITY INCOME PLAN, et al. Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division.

September 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Sheldon Weinhaus, Partner, Weinhaus and Dobson, St. Louis, C. David Whipple, David W. Whipple, Mark D. Chuning, Whipple Law Firm, Kansas City, William T. Payne, Schwartz and Steinsupir, Pittsburgh, PA, for Marion Leonard, plaintiff.

Richard J. Pautler, Amie E. Needham, Thompson Coburn, Stephen B. Higgins, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, for Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan, Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan, Southwestern Bell Corporation, as Plan Administrator and a Named Fiduciary of Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan and of Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan aka SBC Communications, Inc., Benefit Plan Committee of SW Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan, as Fiduciaries of Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan, Benefit Plan Committee of SW Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan, as Fiduciaries of Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan, Southwestern Bell Telephone L.P., as a participating company and a Named Fiduciary in the Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan and Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan, Benefit Plan Committee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, as the Named Fiduciary designated by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company with respect to claims and administration of benefits of employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEBBER, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff's similar Cross-Motion. [doc. # 74]. For the following reasons, Plaintiff's motion is denied, and Defendant's motion is granted.

I. BACKGROUND FACTS

The facts in this case are undisputed. Plaintiff was a Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. employee and a participant in both the Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit...

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